diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/metadata.xml b/media-tv/mythtv/metadata.xml
index b162d154de789..2c054c79fe69b 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/metadata.xml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 		'release' target. If your MythTV is crashing or you need a backtrace,
 		you need to compile it with this option otherwise the debugging data is
 		useless.</flag>
-		<flag name="dvb">Enables support for Linux DVB cards. These include all
-		cards that work with digital signals such as ATSC, DVB-T, DVB-C, and
-		DVB-S, QAM-64, and QAM-256.</flag>
 		<flag name="egl">Support EGL video output.</flag>
 		<flag name="fftw">Support visualizations via <pkg>sci-libs/fftw</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="hls">HTTP Live Streaming support</flag>
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r2.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r3.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r2.ebuild
rename to media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r3.ebuild
index d18c09ff7a1d2..eb2f4161dfb1e 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.28.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 SLOT="0/${PV}"
 
 IUSE_INPUT_DEVICES="input_devices_joystick"
-IUSE="alsa altivec autostart bluray cec crystalhd debug dvb dvd egl fftw +hls \
+IUSE="alsa altivec autostart bluray cec crystalhd debug dvd egl fftw +hls \
 ieee1394 jack lcd libass lirc +mythlogserver perl pulseaudio python systemd +theora \
 vaapi vdpau +vorbis +wrapper +xml xmltv +xvid zeroconf ${IUSE_INPUT_DEVICES}"
 
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ COMMON="
 		sys-fs/udisks:2
 	)
 	cec? ( dev-libs/libcec )
-	dvb? (
-		media-libs/libdvb
-		virtual/linuxtv-dvb-headers
-	)
 	dvd? (
 		dev-libs/libcdio:=
 		sys-fs/udisks:2
@@ -178,7 +174,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	use pulseaudio || myconf="${myconf} --disable-audio-pulseoutput"
 
 	use altivec    || myconf="${myconf} --disable-altivec"
-	myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable dvb)"
+	myconf="${myconf} --disable-dvb"
 	myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable ieee1394 firewire)"
 	myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable lirc)"
 	myconf="${myconf} $(use_enable xvid libxvid)"